PETOSKEY, MICH. — Merchants Capital has provided $66.3 million in financing for the construction of Maple Block Lofts, a 204-unit workforce housing property in Petoskey, a growing vacation destination in northern Michigan. Merchants Capital provided a $29.6 million Freddie Mac Unfunded Non-LIHTC Forward permanent loan for the development, and its parent company, Merchants Bank, provided a $36.7 million construction loan. Maple Block Lofts is the first project in Michigan to receive the Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing, which accounts for $6 million of the $14 million in tax-increment financing being granted for the development. More than $12 million was provided in state grants and loans, with strong support from Michigan Economic Development Corp.; the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy; the City of Petoskey; the Emmet County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority; and numerous local businesses. The project will feature seven garden-style apartment buildings with 18 studios, 72 one-bedroom units and 114 two-bedroom units. Fifty percent of the units will be restricted to residents who earn between 60 percent and 120 percent of the area median income (AMI). Ten percent of the residences will be income- and rent-restricted for those making less than 80 percent …
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Harrison Street has sold three senior living properties to Inland Real Estate Group for an undisclosed price. The assets include Clarendale of St. Peters in St. Peters, Mo.; Clarendale of Chandler in Chandler, Ariz.; and Clarendale at Indian Lake in Hendersonville, Tenn. Harrison Street developed the properties in a joint venture with Ryan Cos. and Life Care Services. The communities comprise 635 senior living units, and the portfolio was 92 percent leased at the time of sale.
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII — A joint venture between Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Starwood Property Trust and Taconic Capital Advisors has purchased Kings’ Shops, a retail property in Waikoloa. Terms of the transaction were not released. Tenants at the nearly 70,000-square-foot Kings’ Shops include Tiffany & Co., Tommy Bahama, Tori Richard, Travis Matthews, Lululemon, Kahala, Roy’s Waikoloa Bar & Grill by Chef Roy Yamaguchi, Foster’s Kitchen and A-Bay’s Island Grill. The property also offers venues for live entertainment, including music and fire dancing, weekly farmers markets and monthly night market events.
GREELEY AND GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. — Bow River Capital has completed the disposition of a two-property seniors housing portfolio in Colorado. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 140-unit, fully private-pay seniors housing portfolio for $30 million. Completed in 2020, the two-story The Lodge at Greeley, located at 4430 24th St. in Greeley, offers 92 units in a mix of 20 independent living, 48 assisted living and 24 memory care units within studio and one-bedroom layouts. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied. The pet-friendly community offers a beauty salon, library, fitness center, private event rooms, an outdoor dining area and restaurant-style dining. Completed in 2019, The Lodge at Grand Junction offers 48-unit, 50-bed assisted living and memory care units in studio and one-bedroom layouts. The pet-friendly community offers a beauty salon, media room, therapy and exercise room, a chapel and restaurant-style dining. The JLL Seniors Housing Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Cushman & Wakefield|Commercial Kentucky and Cushman & Wakefield have brokered the sale of a five-property multifamily portfolio totaling 1,460 units. MF Capital purchased the portfolio from Brown Capital for an undisclosed price. The properties include Boulder Creek Apartments, Eagles Eyrie Apartments, Lyndon Crossings, Devonshire Apartments and Partridge Meadows. The portfolio sale represents the largest real estate transaction in Kentucky this year and is also one of the largest transactions in the history of multifamily sales in the state, according to Commercial Kentucky. Craig Collins and Austin English of Commercial Kentucky, along with Mike Kemether and James Wilber of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller in the transaction.
TAMARAC, FLA. AND BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Greystone has provided a pair of Freddie Mac loans totaling $103.7 million for the refinancing of two multifamily communities in South Florida and Birmingham. The deals include a $37.3 million loan for Midora at Woodmont, a 199-unit community in Tamarac, and a $66.4 million loan for Avenues of Inverness, a 586-unit property in Birmingham. The agency loans for both properties carry seven-year terms, fixed interest rates, five years of interest-only payments and 35-year amortization schedules. The borrower for both loans is Monsey, N.Y.-based White Eagle Property Group.
DALLAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Alto Highland Park, a 112-unit apartment complex in Dallas. Built in phases between 2001 and 2007, the property offers 57 brownstones with direct-access garages and 55 residences that connect to a subterranean garage. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and have an average size of 1,888 square feet. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse and an outdoor lounge and grilling area. Taylor Hill, Michael Ware, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, and Cameron Purse of IPA represented the seller, Origin Investments, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Silverado Interests.
SALEM, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $22 million in financing for two affordable housing redevelopment projects in Salem, located north of Boston. The borrower, North Shore Community Development Coalition, will convert two former school buildings near the downtown area into affordable housing complexes that will add 61 units to the local supply. The building at 160 Federal St. will have 32 age-restricted units that will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). The building at 13 Hawthorne Blvd. will house 29 units in the same formats that will be earmarked for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of AMI. ICON Architecture is leading design of the redevelopments, which will be known as Residences at St. James Place and Hawthorne Lofts, respectively. NEI General Contracting is leading construction, which is slated for a late 2025 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between multifamily owner-operator Asland Capital Partners and locally based investment firm Pembroke Residential Holdings has completed Park Lane Senior Apartments in The Bronx. The 154-unit, age-restricted development is located in the borough’s Soundview neighborhood, and about a third (53) of the residences are reserved for households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. In addition, 30 percent of the units are set aside for seniors who were formerly homeless. Amenities include a tenant lounge and indoor/outdoor recreational spaces.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Interstate Equities Corp. (IEC) has acquired 888 Fourth St. Apartments, a multifamily property in downtown Santa Rosa, from a private individual for $38 million, or $350,000 per unit. At the time of sale, the 108-unit property was approximately 50 percent occupied. The IEC investment team and Philip Saglimbeni of Institutional Property Advisors handled the all-cash transaction.